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Name : Joseph Matta
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Location : Slidell/Baton Rouge
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : This website is coming out great! Thanks Mr. Perry for everything you've done! :)
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Name : Skip Easterling
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Location : Picayune, MS
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Richie is my long time friend and fellow recording artist.
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Added Comments : He was a credit to the human race, and I will miss him very much.
Skip
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Name : Carl Turner
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Location : Santa Rosa, CA
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : USMC, RVN Chu Lai, '67-'68. I heard the Phabulous Phantoms play with Richie and Perry rocking in a thatched roof and bamboo hut we called the Enlisted Club. Rock on Ritchie forever. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice and welcome home.........
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Name : Di Anne Foxx
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Location : Picayune, MS
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Richie was a good friend!
Love ya' Richie!
Di Anne Foxx
http://www.diannefoxx.com
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Name : Dezlie Fried
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Location : Mississippi
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : I am happy to have worked with, sang with and to have known Richie.My prayers are with his family.
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Name : Gail & Ken Troncoso
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Location : Slidell - Harbor View
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Message (brief) : We finally found your site. We send our best and we love you. We miss Richie alot. Hope all is well. Let us know how LSU is going.
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Name : Jim Wilson
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Location : Winston-Salem, NC
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Semper Fi, Richie! Save a seat for me!
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Name : Sir Limey #1
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Location : North East
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Now its a Guarantee that the Streets of Heaven are Guarded by the U.S. Marine's and Rock-N-Roll.
Semper Fi Brother and a heartfull Thanks for the Sounds so long ago.
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Name : Robert Thompson
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Location : East Texas
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Just a sailor saying, I will see you soon. VN 67 / 69
Thanks for your service to America.
Haze gray and underway for a better place.
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Name : Anthony Toni
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Location : Kansas
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Semper Fi my Brother
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Name : Todd Homman
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Location : Walton, KY
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Message (brief) : May GOD Bless you on your journey. Thank you Mr. Matta for your service to our Great Country, even tho I have never meet you, I feel like a have lost a brother! May GOD Bless your family!
Semper-Fi Brother!
Todd Homman
Walton, KY
100% Disabled Vet
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Name : Donnie
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Location : Greene County, PA
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Message (brief) : I never knew Richie. After hearing about him from all his brothers and sisters, I wish I could have known him & heard his music. Brothers-In-Arms, Always
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Added Comments : U.S. Army, Viet Nam: 69-70
B-Batt.,2nd/9th Arty.
4th Inf. Div.(II Corps)
"Steadfast and Loyal"
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Name : Mike Moran
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Location : Hoffman Estates,IL
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Semper Fi, I am sure Richie has a Special spot guarding those Pearl Gates.
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Name : Ty
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Location : Minnesota
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Message (brief) : Thanks Richie, even though I didn't know you, as a vet I will miss you!
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Added Comments : My thoughts and prayers to Richie's family and friends.
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Name : Earl Smith
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Location : Tarpon Springs, FL
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Richie You made a difference...
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Name : Erick Richards
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Location : St. Johns, Mi.
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Sorry to lose one of The Few, the Proud. Was one in 66-69.
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Name : samuel jenkins
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Location : orangeburg,s,c
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : another brother protecting the gates of heaven
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Name : Dave OBrien
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Location : Olathe, Kansas
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Message (brief) : Hats off to good people like Richie,who never gave up and stayed with his beliefs.
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Name : Richard Apodaca
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Location : Vacaville cal.
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Message (brief) : I never met you,but as a brother Marine (Korea 1951) I will pray for you. God and the Corps will lead you on a safe journey
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Name : Sandra
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Location : NC
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : Each Veteran is special unique in special ways as was Richie, He will be remembered by many many people. God Bless you all
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Name : Carl Morner
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Location : Salisbury NC
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Message (brief) : Aldie, my deepest sympathy goes out to you and Joseph. Richie was a great friend (like a brother to me) while stationed in beaufort together. And you 2 opened your home to me when I was in need. I truly regret not staying in touch and am sorely grieved at
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Name : Bob Thorne
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Location : Los Angeles, CA
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Message (brief) : Semper Fi, Richie!!!! You're guarding the gates of heaven now, but you're always in our hearts. We, the few, the proud, celebrate what you've done for us, just by being you.
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Added Comments : A Marine is a Marine forever. A music man's music will never die. So, stand proud Marine, and sing loud. You are truly loved.
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Name : EARL BURKEY
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Location : 4075 PEARL AVE. LORAIN, OHIO 44055
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Message (brief) : I WAS THE ORIGINAL DRUMMER IN THE CHULAI PHANTOMS WITH RICHIE. I TRIED LOCATING ALL THE MEMBERS WITH NO AVAIL. IT SURE WOULD OF BEEN NICE TO GET TOGETHER ONE MORE TIME. HE WAS A HELL OF A SINGER. SEMPER FI! EARL BURKEY
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Name : Joseph Matta
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Location : Baton Rouge
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : I thank all of you for visiting this site. It touches me greatly..I admire my father alot for his accomplishments and this is one of the most proudest times of his life. I love this. I hope I can make the Phantoms music known to the rest of the world. I w
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Name : Joseph Matta
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Location : Baton Rouge
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : I thank all of you for visiting this site. It touches me greatly..I admire my father alot for his accomplishments and this is one of the most proudest times of his life. I love this. I hope I can make the Phantoms music known to the rest of the world. I w
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Name : CD Martin
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Location : Los Angeles, CA
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Message (brief) : Just a quick "Semper Fi" from an old Corps Gyrene who sends condolences to Richie's family and a smart "Ten Hut" to Richie, on his shift at the Pearly Gates. Well Done, Marine!!!!
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Added Comments : May we all have the guts to leave the ruts and do something outstanding like Richie did in the nam. They don't pin medals on you but the music sure sounded great!!
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Name : Joseph Matta
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Location : Baton Rouge
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : I thank you all, you never know how inspiring it is to see how many people my father touched.
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Added Comments : He never thought of himself as a infuential person, but I am glad he made could make so many of you guys smile. One day I hope I can follow in his steps and have such an affect on people.
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Name : Sal Panzeca
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Location : New Orleans, LA
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Message (brief) : "Dickie" was one of the most interesting people I ever met. If I ever write a book, it will be about him, my 1st brother-in-law.
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Added Comments : If you were lucky enough to know him, you could never forget him.
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Name : John Panzeca
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Location : N.O.,LA.
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Message (brief) : I spent a lot time with Uncle.He was a good man,I will never forget him.Their is not a day I dont think about him.Uncle you are missed but not forgotten,love you!! Johnny
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Name : Tom L.
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Location : Denver, CO
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Message (brief) : Semper Fi, Marine(s). This is a great site and a testimonial to a great Marine. Richie was a great man and, though I didn't know him, the messages I've read here screams integrity!
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Added Comments : Guard the gates well, Richie. You got what it takes, bro.
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Name : Jaye Redmond
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Location : GA
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : I wish I could have met Mr. Richie. His son and his wife are simply amazing and surely a reflection of his love.
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Name : T.L. Hart
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Location : So.Cal.
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Message (brief) : Ooo-Raa to this special Marine! Chu Lai, Da Nang, and all around the place, I remember The Phantoms. God bless em, they were great!
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Name : Joseph Matta
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Location : B.R.
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Email : [email protected]
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Message (brief) : I hope you are proud of me still, one semester left to go, and I still have the drive u have. I miss you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much! :(
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Added Comments : One day I will see you again, I know it. I love you POP!
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Name : Lou "The Loon" Morgan
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Location : Phoenix
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Message (brief) : I heard Richie and the Phantoms in the nam. It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me in that sewer hole of a country. I wish we could all stay young!
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Name : Tiny Pate
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Location : Chu Lai
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Message (brief) : Ooh-Raa, papa Richie. You rock man...and yur cookin in the Nam wasn't bad either. Guard the gates well. I'll be joining you soon.
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